youtube_feed works

profiles/views.py

@@ -1,7 +1,16 @@
 from django.shortcuts import render
 
+from django.http import HttpResponseRedirect, HttpResponse
+
 import json
 
+from sources import youtube
+
+class ObjectEncoder(json.JSONEncoder):
+    def default(self, obj):
+        if hasattr(obj, '__json__'):
+            return obj.__json__()
+        return dict((k, v) for k, v in obj.__dict__.items() if not k.startswith("_"))
 
 def start(request):
     return render(request, 'profiles/start.html')
@@ -12,5 +21,5 @@ def registration(request):
 
 
 def youtube_feed(request):
-    username = request.POST['username']
-    return json.dumps([video for video in youtube.list_videos(username)])
+    username = request.GET['username']
+    return HttpResponse(json.dumps(youtube.list_videos(username), cls=ObjectEncoder))

sources/youtube.py

@@ -10,21 +10,17 @@ def atom_datetime(atom_date):
 class YoutubeVideo(object):
 
     def __init__(self, entry):
-        self.entry = entry
+        self.title = entry.title.text
+        self.thumbnails = entry.media.thumbnail
 
     # def __getattr__(self, attr):
     #     value = getattr(self.entry, attr) 
     #     if isinstance(value, atom.Date):
     #         return datetime.datetime.strptime(value.text, '%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S.%fZ')
     #     return value.text
 
-    @property
-    def title(self):
-        return self.entry.title.text
-
-    @property
-    def thumbnails(self):
-        return entry.media.thumbnails
+    def json(self):
+        return self.__dict__
 
     def __repr__(self):
         return "YoutubeVideo: '%s'" % self.title